Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his childhood , Holovich had been taught Russian by his mother and it was ostensibly for that reason that his company asked him to visit Moscow — a quite spurious reason because we supply most adequate and experienced interpreters for commercial negotiations with foreign concerns . |
| 2 | Edwin Garland had been found dead by his niece at two o'clock on the Saturday . |
| 3 | This time poor old Simpson had been caught off-balance by events and had sounded distinctly agitated on the telephone . |
| 4 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 5 | They ran back and found Alice had been struck dead by lighting . |